Improvement in faucets



A. HOOKER.

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Patented June 1-6, 186:8.

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ALFREDROOKER, or LO-N'DON, ENGLAND Letters PatentlV'o. 78,897 dated June16, 1868; patented in l'ngland, September 25, 18 67.

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TO ALL TO WHOM. IT MAY eononnn= Be it known that I, ALFRED ROOKER,'0fEast street, London, England, have invented a. certain new and usefulImprovement in Taps for beer-casks and other vessels;

end I do hereby declare the following to be a true, full, -nnd "exactdescription thereof, reference being bad to' the annexed drawings, andto the figures and letters marked thereon; that is to say- Figure 1 is aside view, pertlyin section,

to the tap-hole of ucask.

Figure'fl is ai'side view, partly in section, ofn modification of fig.1.

Figure 3 shows a tap suitnblefor drawing oh liquids from champagne andother bottle's.-

The chief object of my invention, in so far as it relntes to taps forcnsks,'is to avoid the necessity of driving in, by means of thetapitself, the bung or cork which closes the tap-hole ot the cask; and myimprovement consists in constructing the inner. end of the stem of thetap hollow, it will cut out a cylindrical piece of-the hung or cork, andat the same timeclose-the aperture thereby formed inn-the bung, i

:A, fig. 1, is the stem of the tap, which is formed with the usualholes'a to allow the beer or liquid to enter 'the stem, The inner endBof the stem has a cutting-edge, b, for the purpose before explained, and:is hollow, as shown, to receive the-cylinder of cork, as cut bythecutting-edge. G is a stop in the stem, to prevent the cylinder of corkreaching and closing the holes a. This step may sometimesbedispensedwith.-

The action is as follows; When it is required to tap a. cask, thecutting-edge b is forcibly pressed against the cork, 1), while the topislmede to rotate until the edge I; has cut'through the cork. Thecylinder of cork thus removed is received in the-portioniB of the stem.The tap is then pushed in until the holes a reach the inside of thecask. The tap maybe fitted with an ordinary key,--.und formed withavent-aperture. The cutting-edge b may, if desired, .be made of or faced'with steel, and -in that case itmay'be used .to form n 'hole for the tapin the wood of the cask. .When them is removed from thecask,the-cylinder of cork may be extracted from the part B by a cork-screw,or'otherwise. Y

i In the modification shown in fig. 2, the cutting-edgeis modesew-toothed or serrated.

The tap shown in fig. 3 is constructed in the same manner. its thatshown infig. 1, but is made suilieiently nerrow to be passed through thecork of a. bottle, as'shown, to allow the contents to be drawn oii'. -,Cis a. hole, to admit ail-appliance to push out the corkcylihderfrom theend of'the stem, when required.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. Theannular cutting-edge 6 and the hollow.pert' B, npplied: to a tap havingperforations therein, and acting substantially as herein described.

2. The cutting-edge b of the hollow part B of the stem,- which receives.the excised plug, in combination with the stop C, all substantially asand for the purpose herein set forth. p

In witness whereof, I, the said ALFRED ROOKER, have hereunto set hand,this twelfth'day of-Deccmhcr, one thousand eight hundred andsixty-seven. V

ALFRED HOOKER".

.j Witnesses:

J, G. NEWBUBN, 166 Fleet Street, London, E. M. Dunn, 166 Fleet Street;London.-

and with an annular cutting edg e, so that of a beer-tap constructedaccording to my invention, and epplied

